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Leaders at the White House and the Department of Justice clashed long before last year's dismissal of U.S. attorneys, according to former Deputy Attorney General James Comey. Comey, who worked under John Ashcroft in President Bush's first administration, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

SDLFF Highlight: Lorena Velazquez

In an NPR interview, the Dalai Lama renewed his call for "meaningful" autonomy for Tibet within China and said China, "whether intentionally or unintentionally," is carrying out "cultural genocide" in Tibet.

The Bush administration and Congress are weighing how to respond to a slowing economy. At a Washington think tank on Thursday, some of the country's best-known economists gathered to discuss possible solutions.

As part of our monthly segment about food, we'll look at how you can buy, cook and enjoy more local foods.

One day before the start flag was to wave, sending teams of race cars heading across the Sahara in the annual Lisbon-to-Dakar race, organizers canceled the event for security reasons after four French tourists were killed in Mauritania, the arid West African nation the race must cross.

The December issue of Wired Magazine details the high-tech operation behind Santa's yearly deliveries. According to Wired, Santa oversees a massive network of container ships, naughty/nice surveillance, and special-ops helpers trained for covert entry into homes. Adam Rogers, a Wired senior editor, speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen.

The Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation into the booming but unregulated "carbon offset" market. People buy these offsets to counterbalance their carbon emissions.

Where can you meet in one place today the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, Michelle Obama's policy director and the attorney who represented Rosa Parks in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?" Here in San Diego at the annual convention of the National Bar Association.

And at a time when the image of the United States has suffered in Latin America and in other parts of the world, Castro's tough anti-U.S. stance is likely to ensure him an honored place in the history of Latin America's left -- even if few would wish to emulate his vision of Cuba.